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Staff Changes Best wishes to Mr Fletcher who leaves us at Easter after 18 months working with the science department. New Appointments Mr S Wiggins– Subject Leader for RE and PSHCE Mrs R Mason—Teacher of Catering Snow closure, Texting, Exam Updates, Student of the month, Parentmail P1 Revision Guide P2 We Will Rock You P3 Comic Relief, School Term and Holiday Dates, Parent Partnership Group P4 Holidays in Term Time, Settle College Uniform, Parentpay P5 School Calendar P6 Talkabout and Fair Trade Fortnight P7 Young Enterprise P8 Ski Trip P9 PE P10—14 Youth Support Service P 15 Telephone: 01729 822451 | Fax: 01729 823830 | E-mail: [email protected] | Website: www.settlecollege.org ISSUE APRIL 2013 19 Settle College Principal’s Newsletter Please note that we return to college after the Easter holiday on: Monday 15th April 2013 Start date after Easter Once again, our thanks to all students and parents for your continued support. Thank you for the warm welcome that I have received as new Vice Principal. It has been a pleasure to meet so many of you. Mr M Renshaw The appointment process is well under way. The closing date for applications was Friday 22nd March. Shortlisting took place on Wednesday 27th March with final interviews on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd April. Appointment of the new Principal From the Vice Principal The ski trip has just returned from a very successful week in Les Menuires, France. The staff reported that this was ‘the best trip ever, our students were fan- tastic ambassadors for Settle College, behaviour was excellent and the whole trip very enjoyable. Thanks to Mr Hulzebus, Mrs Lonsdale and Miss Horsfall for leading the trip which also included students from Upper Wharfedale. Letters for next years’ trip are available from Mr Hulzebus. Ski Trip

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April 2013 Settle College Newletter

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Staff Changes

Best wishes to Mr

Fletcher who leaves us

at Easter after 18

months working with

the science department.

New

Appointments Mr S Wiggins– Subject

Leader for RE and

PSHCE

Mrs R Mason—Teacher

of Catering

Snow closure, Texting, Exam Updates, Student of the month, Parentmail P1 Revision Guide P2 We Will Rock You P3 Comic Relief, School Term and Holiday Dates, Parent Partnership Group P4 Holidays in Term Time, Settle College Uniform, Parentpay P5 School Calendar P6 Talkabout and Fair Trade Fortnight P7 Young Enterprise P8 Ski Trip P9 PE P10—14 Youth Support Service P 15

Telephone: 01729 822451 | Fax: 01729 823830 | E-mail: [email protected] | Website: www.settlecollege.org

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APRIL 2013

19 Settle College Principal’s Newsletter

Please note that we

return to college after

the Easter holiday on:

Monday 15th

April 2013

Start date

after Easter

Once again, our thanks to all students and parents for your continued support.

Thank you for the warm welcome that I have received as new Vice Principal. It

has been a pleasure to meet so many of you.

Mr M Renshaw

The appointment process is well under way. The closing date for applications was

Friday 22nd March. Shortlisting took place on Wednesday 27th March with final

interviews on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd April.

Appointment of the new Principal

From the Vice Principal

The ski trip has just returned from a very successful week in Les Menuires,

France. The staff reported that this was ‘the best trip ever, our students were fan-

tastic ambassadors for Settle College, behaviour was excellent and the whole trip

very enjoyable. Thanks to Mr Hulzebus, Mrs Lonsdale and Miss Horsfall for

leading the trip which also included students from Upper Wharfedale. Letters for

next years’ trip are available from Mr Hulzebus.

Ski Trip

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Please remember that,

in the event of bad

weather, including

snow, information

about whether the

College is open or not

will be on the College

website

(www.settlecollege.n-

yorks.sch.uk) and

local radio stations.

Please do not rely on

word of mouth.

Students sometimes

get it wrong!

If we have an up to

date mobile number,

we can also send you a

text alert.

Please be aware that

the College continues

to operate a text

messaging service to

alert you to important

information such as

Snow Closure and

Parent’s Evenings.

Parent/Carers have to

register for this

through ParentMail.

The details are shown

opposite.

Please note this is a

change to the previous

procedure where the

College was able to do

the registration for

you.

If you have any

difficulties registering,

please contact Mrs

Daley.

g.daley@settlecollege.

n-yorks.sch.uk

Student of the Month

The winners for February were:

Y7—Olivia Schofield

Y8—Isobel Clements

Y9—Emelia Sharp

Y10—Harriet Parker

Y11—Gavin Hill

6th Form—Emma Gilbert

Technologists- Chloe Robinson, Jack

Pinder, Sarah Holgate

The winners for March were:

Y7—Grace Baxter

Y8—Cassie Hastie

Y9—Emily Campbell

Y10—Sam Bolton

Y11—Jack Brennand

6th Form—Ruby Horsfall

Technologist—Oscar Clements, Katie

Long

Electronic

Communications

Settle College is keen to

use electronic

communications, including

Text Messaging and E-

mails as much as possible.

This way we know the

communications are

reaching home as well as

reducing postage and

printing costs. We will use

this service in the future to

notify parents of emergency

closures, transport issues,

reminders about reports and

other events in college.

Letters have been sent out

to all new students and we

would encourage you to

complete the online

registration, following the

instructions on the letter, as

soon as possible to help us

communicate with you

more effectively.

Should you need a

replacement letter, please

email the College on

[email protected]

yorks.sch.uk and ask for a

replacement Parentmail

letter.

Exam Updates

Summer GCE and GCSE examinations

begin on Monday 13th May and finish on

Tuesday 25th June. In order for all

students to be prepared please make sure

that all the necessary equipment is

provided well in advance. Students will

need a selection of pens, pencils, a ruler,

rubber and a clear pencil case (if they

intend to use a pencil case). Other

equipment such as calculators will be

needed as and when instructed by their

class teacher.

The following revision guide may help

students with their study. Many

departments at Settle College have lots of

revision help on the school’s Virtual

Learning Environment (VLE). This can be

found under links on the College website. Texting to

Parents

Snow Closure

Arrangements

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REVISION GUIDE

Place this list

in a visible

place e.g.

1 plan a revision timetable so that the bulk of your revision is completed before the

exams start;

leave it all to the last mi-nute;

2 get an overview of each course, and then select areas for more detailed

revision;

revise each course in de-tail;

3 decide how much work you personally

need to do; compare the amount of work you are doing with that of your friends;

4 find out the best time of day for you and

plan to do most work then; push yourself to revise at a biological ‘low’ time;

5 take a ten minute break after every fifty

minutes; work for more than an hour without a break;

6 include a couple of free evenings each

week in your timetable; work every evening;

7 take a day completely away from revision from time to time and go outside, away from the working atmosphere;

work all day, every day;

8 fix times to discuss revision topics with

your friends; do all your work on your own;

9 work at an uncluttered desk, without too

many distractions in the way of papers or posters;

work surrounded with distractions and unread papers and books;

10 tidy up after each revision session and

put books away; leave books and notes open as a distraction;

11 eat sensibly and regularly; live on snack meals, chocolate, biscuits etc.;

12 establish a regular sleeping pattern; miss out on sleep;

13 get help with problems before they get too big - if friends or family can’t help, then see your tutor

suffer in silence and let worry stop you working.

Try to Try not to

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We Will Rock You

Settle College has rocked audiences with a production of Ben Elton’s ‘We Will Rock You’ which

ran for three nights with tickets sold out. The cast, band, choir, staging/backstage crew and staff of

Settle College all joined together to create a superb show filled with spectacular talent. This year

the college has undergone a massive change with Year 7 and 8 students joining the college and

‘We Will Rock You’ has given them the chance to get involved with something creative and fun

whilst getting to know other students.

Set in the future where music has been outlawed, two newly found bohemians (outcasts from the

GaGa Kids) - Galileo and Scaramouche set out to bring down the Evil Killer Queen and her plan to

rule the universe with C.R.A.P. (Computer Recorded Automated Pop). Helped along the way by

fellow bohemians all of whom are named from Icons of Music History, Brittany Spears, Meatloaf,

Robbie Williams, Bob the Builder and an ageing hippie ‘Pop’. The production is a nationally rec-

ognised show, where the music of Queen has been long lost and forgotten. Songs such as ‘Radio

GAGA’, ‘I Want to Break Free’, ’Somebody to Love’, ’Killer Queen’, ’Crazy Little Thing Called

Love’, ’Who Wants to Live Forever’, ’Fat Bottomed Girls’, ’Hammer to Fall’, ’We Will Rock

You’ and ’We Are the Champions’ were all performed to a professional standard.

Principal cast members, who were all aged between 13-17, included: Ed Garland as ‘Galileo’, So-

phie Cooper as ‘Scaramouche’, Jess Edwards as ‘Meatloaf’, Tom Hollyhead as ‘Britney Spears’,

Molly McHale as ‘Killer Queen’, Bretton Lord as ‘Pop’ and Ruby Horsfall as ‘Commander

Kashogi’ with other parts of the production being filled by students of a variety of different ages

including students from ten local Primary schools. Everyone acted and san beautifully, with clarity

and conviction, oozing talent.

Whilst many of the show’s actors are enjoying getting involved in the production simply for fun,

for other students, this is actually part of their ‘A’ level or GCSE course which involves them ei-

ther performing in the play or even involves them in organising different aspects of the production

such as: make-up, costume, lighting and sound or directing. These students have had to make sure

that the production is as successful as possible in order for them to achieve their desired grade.

Overall, the production has been a huge success and this has been because of all of the people qho

have been involved to make it one of the college’s biggest productions ever.

Emma Taylor

Student

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School News

Parent

Partnership

Group

Parent Partnership is an

opportunity to meet and

to share issues. All

parents are very

welcome to attend, the

agenda is very informal.

At previous meetings

we have discussed:

College food

Changes to the

options structure

Changes to the

lower school

Our next meeting will

be on Thursday 16th

May 2013 at 6pm in the

Upper School

Conference Room.

Please contact Mrs K

Shutes by email at

k.shutes@settlecollege.

n-yorks.sch.uk for more

information.

Return to College on Monday 15th

April 2013

Summer Term 2013

Bank Holiday

Monday 6th May

Half Term

Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May

Term Ends

Friday 19th July

Autumn Term 2013

(Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd September are

training days for staff)

Term starts

For Years 7, 8 & 9: Wednesday 4th September

For Year 10-13: Thursday 5th September

Half Term

Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November

Term Ends

Friday 20th December

Spring Term 2014 (Monday 6th January is a training day for staff)

Term starts

Tuesday 7th January

Half Term

Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February

Term Ends

Friday 4th April

School Term & Holiday

Dates: 2012/2013

The whole of the Col-

lege contributed towards

raising a total of

£1204.31.

Starting on Thursday

14th March we held an

inter-house ‘bake-off’.

Students from all year

groups contributed to-

wards bringing ingredi-

ents, baking or selling

their products. The win-

ning house was Kings-

dale with a very impres-

sive total of £196.

The baking theme con-

tinued on the Monday

with a staff ‘bake-off’.

Ms Doyle was the very

clear winner, followed

by many requests for

her closely guarded reci-

pe secrets.

On the Friday, all of the

students were invited to

wear their own clothes

with a theme of red and

the Sixth Form dressed

up as superheroes or

came to college in one-

sies. The main event

was the ‘to goo or not to

goo’ staff versus stu-

dents quiz in the hall. A

sell out crowd of stu-

dents came to watch as

Mr Renshaw and the

other members of staff

came away covered in

slime and goo.

Everyone involved in

raising money had a

great time and all of the

students should be con-

gratulated for the way

they organised activities

and conducted them-

selves.

Mr J Pinchin

Head of Sixth Form

Comic Relief

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Parent Pay

Parent Pay is an

electronic system which

enables parents and

students to pay online for

trips, uniform, memory

sticks, art equipment etc.

It is quick and easy and

stops any worries you

might have about

cheques and cash being

lost in transit to the

office. It is proving very

popular so far

If you have forgotten

your log-in details or

need any help with the

system, please contact

Mrs Rushton in the

school office or email

[email protected]

yorks.sch.uk

As you know the current College

Policy is to approve up to 5 days of

holiday in term time in exceptional

circumstances. Last term:

58 (12.5%) students took

holidays in term time

225.5 school days were lost

This amounts to 0.5% of

potential attendance for the

autumn term

While we understand that for some

parents it is difficult to get any time

off in school holidays, this is a small

minority. There are 12 weeks of

school holidays each year and most

parents can manage to get at least

two weeks in order to take a break

away together. We are not allowed to

give permission for holidays in term

time where cost is the primary

concern. Similarly we are not

allowed to give permission for

students to go on holiday other than

with members of their immediate

family.

Holidays in Term Time

During the spring term we frequently

have requests for skiing holidays.

The Governors have agreed to allow

the school ski trip to go in term time

rather than the Easter holiday in

order to make the trip financially

accessible so we know that students

do have this opportunity at a

reasonable cost.

Holidays in term time have a great

impact on students learning and

achievement in both Key Stage 4 and

the Sixth Form. The Governors have

decided that from September the

Principal will only be allowed to

authorise holidays in term time of up

to 5 days in Key Stage 3. The

Principal will not be allowed to

authorise any holidays in term time

in Key Stage 4 or the Sixth Form,

other than an approved educational

activity or in very exceptional

circumstances. This is inline with the

policy in other schools in North

Craven.

Settle College Uniform

Following feedback received from parents, the Governors have reviewed the College uniform requirements.

From May 2013 uniform will be available to purchase from MC Sports in Skipton and Pigtails in High Ben-

tham. Both stores will be represented at Transfer Evening on 10th July 2013 and parents will be able to order

uniform during the event.

Over a transition period during the summer term, uniform will still be available directly from Settle College

online shop. The shop will publish special offers for stock items after the Easter holiday.

During the summer term we will publish an updated Settle College uniform policy, featuring a reduction in

compulsory items.

Thank you for continuing to support Settle College by sending students to College in the appropriate uniform.

This is a very important part of the College’s ethos.

Mrs D Hecker-Woodhead

School Business Manager

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APRIL

15 College re-opens (8:40 am)

14-21 Year 7 French Exchange (French

visit Settle)

26 Post 16 Offers Published

A2 Geography fieldwork

MAY

2 Arts Evening (6.30pm)

13-17 Year 7/8 Core Exams

16 Parent Partnership (6-7pm) – Upper

School Conference Room

24 Year 13 Study Leave if permission

granted

Sixth Form Ball Stirk House

27-31 Half Term

JUNE

3 College re-opens

5 Year 7 Enrichment Day 4 – Enterprise

6 Year 8 Enrichment Day 4 - Enterprise

10 Year 12 return to Year 13 lessons

11-18 Settle College French Exchange to

Herbignac, Brittany

12 Music Evening (6.30pm) – Upper

School Hall

17 Year 12 Higher Education Evening

20 WW1 Battlefields Parents’ Information

Evening

24-28 Year 7 East Barnby Residential

School Calendar

JULY

2 Junior Prize Giving (7.00pm) –

Upper School Hall

5 Y11 Study Leave commences

7pm Y11 Prom at The Rendezvous,

Skipton

7-10 WW1 Battlefields Trip

10 Transfer Evening (6.30pm) – Upper

School Hall

11 Year 7 Transfer Day

Parent Partnership (6-7pm)

15-19 Year 10 Work Experience

16 Sports Day

19 End of Term – early finish

AUGUST

15 GCE AS/A2 Results Day (10:00am

Upper School Hall)

22 GCSE Results Day (10:00 am Upper

School Hall)

23 Sixth Form Enrolment Day – Upper

School Hall

Sixth Form Taster Days

The taster day was extremely successful with 76 students from Year 11 attending a series of sample les-

sons. The students were invited to have a morning of being a Sixth Former and using the facilities includ-

ing the bistro, library and study areas. All of the students involved worked really hard during the morning

and took advantage of the opportunity to talk to staff and to think about their options for next year.

Following these discussion and interviews with students about the timetable we have almost finished mak-

ing the final amendments and the next stage in the application process will be a letter confirming that we

can offer a place, with the chosen combination of subjects. Application numbers have again increased this

year with many applications from external students. We are looking forward to an even bigger and more

successful Sixth Form next year!

Mr J Pinchin

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Inside College

MRS LODGE’S

TALKABOUT

CLASS

A big well done to:

Tom Barton

Lauren Jackson

Courtney Johnson

Corey Murfin

John Nelson

Harriet Parker

John Staveley

Jake Tatham

Hollie Winder

who are part of the Talkabout class and have completed their AQA project “Settle College Anti-Drugs Cam-

paign”.

The students have worked so hard in producing booklets, leaflets and power points and a fantastic factual DVD

warning people about the dangers of drug abuse. Members of the class filmed, wrote music, sang, performed in

front of the camera and edited the DVD with special effects themselves. They presented the DVD to a Year 7

class and as a finale 4 students performed a “rap battle” between boys and girls. The year 7 students thoroughly

enjoyed it and the feedback they gave was fantastic.

The standard of work is highly impressive and every credit to each member of the group who overcame their

nerves and have produced some outstanding work.

Also a big thank you to Mrs Moon and Mrs Sobczak who have helped the group along the way.

Mrs J Lodge

SENCO

FAIR TRADE

FORTNIGHT

Well done and congratulations to a group of Year 8

students who have organised events in Lower School

to raise money for Fair Trade. After a topic on Fair

Trade in Geography the students felt that they had to

do something to raise awareness and to help a farmer

and his family earn a fair wage. The students raised a

fantastic £75 which we will be sending to the Fair Trade Foundation.

The events were organised by Jess Addison, Jess Ashurst, Lucy Bainbridge, Joe Burke, Elle Dawson, Leah

Duncan, Leonie Harry, Tom Henderson, Issy Kay, James King, Rosie Laycock, Acacia Marshall, Nathan

Milner, Zoe Morphet, Matthew Stocks, Megan Toothill, Thomas Webster and James Whitaker.

Mrs H Johnson

Geography Teacher

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Since early September, some Year 7 students have been running a successful enterprise business that began

life as a school shop. Selling a range of stationary equipment, from pens and pencils to Maths packs and

pencil cases, the students have learnt many important enterprise skills.

The team is led by 4 Sixth Formers; Luke Allan, Rachel Fulford, Joe Lister and Christopher Swithen-

bank who monitor the work of the Year 7 and ensure that the shop is manned every day at break and lunch.

The Enterprise Team is:

Benjamin Bradley PhilipCockett

Harry Wilson Jack Chamberlain

Abigail Adnett Chloe Cooper

Laura Murfin Daniel Taylor

Meghan Glover Joshua Capstick

Thomas Rayner James Clapham

India Healing Marcin Jastrzebski

Tom Horsfall

From a deficit of £50, they have twice sold out of stock and are currently displaying a healthy profit due to

many shrewd decisions, marketing strategies and aggressive selling! Pupils have found that by running an

enterprise, you need to work as a team, communicate well and be resilient.

The group have many ideas about what they want to do in future and are working cooperatively to decide

what to do with the surplus of money they are generating.

Look out Amazon!

Mr. S. Murphy

Subject Leader for Business

Settle College Young Enterprise

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Thirty two students (28 from Settle College, 4 from Upper Wharfedale School) and four staff set off in the early hours of

Saturday 16th March heading for the French Alps (Les Menuires, the 3 Valleys) for a ski experience, returning a week

later in the late afternoon of 23rd March. The aim was to learn to ski, ski, have fun, ski some more and improve tech-

nique, …. act responsibly and look out for others, speak and read French, plan, navigate, work effectively in a group, be

independent..etc.

Without bandying around the clichéd phrase, ‘The students were a credit to the school’ too much, it is hard to do justice

to how well behaved our students were. Staff at the hotel commented that they wished they had students like ours every

week, while guests took us to one side to express how impressed they had been with the politeness of our students. Every

morning they were on time to breakfast and chomping at the bit to start their skiing lessons; they worked hard to improve

their skiing technique; devoured everything on their plates at meal times; went to bed on time and then repeated their

brilliant behaviour each day.

In addition to their impressive conduct our students displayed some pretty remarkable skiing ability, with beginners

making excellent progress during their first week on real snow, while the intermediates and advanced groups honed their

existing expertise; some mastered their fear and ventured off piste for the first time and others displayed talent to rival

the experts. The week would not have been as amusing without some tumbling in the snow though (by both students and

staff!); the instructors even began referring to students as ‘autruches’, meaning ‘ostriches’, when they fell head first into

the snow!

If the skiing didn’t manage to wear everyone out then the evening activities had another go. Bum-boarding, some strange

antics involving bin bags, Le Piolet’s own version of Tough Mudder, a quartet of sporting activities, a disco and even a

mini-spa break kept everyone entertained until we finally let them have a rest and put their feet up with a movie night to

end our week of exhilaration.

While sadly we haven’t got space to mention each student’s achievements individually, special commendation must be

made to Jack Depledge who, in addition to selflessly giving out his Deep Heat to anyone who complained of an ache or

pain, impressively helped to guide down a group of skiers after another student injured themselves on the slope. His

calm, mature, helpful attitude was indispensable in what could have been a very stressful situation.

So, overall, a more positive report could not be given of our week in Les Menuires. Next year’s participants certainly

have a lot to live up to!

And, if you don’t believe our reports, here are just a few from the students:

Gabi Kayley: “It was fantastic, created a lot of memories and the skiing was brill. I loved the whole week!”

Hugh Francmanis: “It was a lively, enjoyable and an amazing experience. I was always having fun.”

Evie Denby-McCool: “Fantastic views and a great learning experience.”

Katie Handford: “It was pretty awesome.”

Sally Handford The instructor kept calling us ‘autruche’, meaning ‘ostrich’ when we fell head first into the snow.

Mr M Hulzebus

Trip Leader

Settle College Ski Trip to the French Alps

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Rugby Union is growing within Settle College with over 25 boys in all years participating in

practices during lunch time throughout the week. With this high demand the RFU have been

able to support Settle College by providing the expertise from an ex-professional rugby player,

Neil Spence.

Neil Spence is a community coach who comes into college to help during practices with his vast

experience and knowledge of the game. Not only has Neil helped within extra curricular practic-

es but he is helping in curriculum time too. Both girls and boys have enjoyed his lessons and

coaching time as participation numbers have increased since September. Neil has also enabled

Settle College to gain some first time fixtures and encourage more students to play the game

with the core values.

For next year we are hopefully, with Neil’s support, going to have the college rugby teams tak-

ing part in regular league fixtures within Yorkshire and nationally. Neil has also helped North

Ribblesdale RUFC and with the future looking bright we can work towards greater community

cohesion with the College and North Ribblesdale RUFC.

P E

RFU in Settle College

Neil Spence and his new vehicle with Will

Booth, Year 10 Rugby Captain

Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline

and Sportsmanship

Year 11 Rugby

Year 11 Rugby Fixture at Otley RFU

With the help from the RFU, Settle College

were entered into the Schools’ Aire Wharfe

Yorkshire League during it’s last event.

There were several games to play with tough

opposition from Bingley GS, Rossett School

and the formidable Prince Henry School.

They finished 4th overall which was an out-

standing achievement.

The first game was at Prince Henry’s

School. The boys were very reluctant to play

this team as they are the current county

champions. Nerves took hold and simple

handling errors made easy pickings for

Prince Henry’s. However, after ‘wise words’

the team stood together and started to play great

rugby with Tristan Ward and Jack Brennand

running through the defence and ‘Leaping

Salmon’ James Bilsborough destroying the line

outs. Great contact skills and cognitive applica-

tion made sure that Settle College left the pitch

with pride and honour as their professional

coaches came over to congratulate their perfor-

mances.

More exuberating rugby was played against

Bingley Grammar School as the try of the tour-

nament was scored. A delightful kick from

Hugh Francmannis made it into the hands of

Elias Westwood who smashed his way through

for a try. However, as the group of boys have

never played together, simple technical errors

occurred that made sure that they drew.

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The most comfortable game was against Salts School as they

won 38-0. Everyone played hard and scored great tries. How-

ever, after this game fitness came into account and affected

the boys’ performance.

Awards of the day:

Best Try—Hugh and Elias against Bingley GS

Best Rugby tackle—Luke Jeffery against Rossett School

Best Side Step—Harry Maltby against Menton School

Highest points—Jack Brennand against everyone

Hardman Award—Adam Middleton and Simon Morphet

throughout the tournament.

Overall Results

Players and spectators at all levels can enjoy sport better if

they totally accept two simple rules.

Rule 1: The referee is always right. Rule 2: In the event of

the referee being obviously wrong, Rule 1 applies.’

Peter Corrigan

There have been several rugby

competitions at Giggleswick

School with the Year 11 and 7

being just against Giggleswick

and the Year 10 and 9 being na-

tional tournaments. Throughout

the age groups, excellent rugby

was played by both rugby and

non-rugby specialists.

Year 11

Year 11 had two teams against

Giggleswick School. The A team

played very good 7s rugby and

did especially well as they came

back to draw 14-14. With great

speed from Jack Brennand and

great power from Tristan Ward

helping Settle College to a draw.

However, it was not the case for

Settle College B team which was

mainly made up of forwards.

They found it very hard to keep

up with the pace from Giggles-

wick School.

Team : High Francmannis (C),

Jack Brennand, Tristan Ward,

Oscar Clements, Luke Jeffery,

James Bilsborough, Simon Mor-

phet, Matthew Dawson, Harry

Maltby, Tom Hollyhead, Sam

Laycock, Dan Middleton, Adam

Middleton, Dan McCarthy,

Prince Henry 12—7 Settle College

Settle College 5—5 Bingley GS

Settle College 38—0 Salts

Settle College 12 — 20 Rossett School

Menton School 20—10 Settle College

Giggleswick School 14—14 Settle College A Team

Giggleswick School 38—5 Settle College B Team

Year 10

Year 10 had a national tournament with some of the best schools from the country against them.

This was a very hard challenge for these students as these independent schools and grammar

schools have played rugby 7s since time has begun! Year 10 found it hard to gain the concept of

7s as they love contact! Great performances from Declan Handy and Joshua Greenwood made

sure the Year 10’s reached the semi-final of the plate competition. There were also good perfor-

mances from new players such s Andrew Huck, Edward Garland and Joseph Cockett.

Results:

Team: Elias Westwood, Wil-

liam Booth ( C ), Louis Hen-

shaw, Kacper Reczkowski, Ed-

ward Garland, Edward Kellett,

Robert Scaife, Sam Marshall, Greg Thompson, Will Fox, Oliver Whitham, Declan Handy, Jo-

seph Cockett, James Daniel, Tom Hall, Zak Batty, Joshua Greenwood, Andrew Huck.

Settle College 0—24 Stockport GS

Settle College 17—12 Giggleswick School

Settle College 21—0 Lancaster GS

Settle College 7—17 Doncaster GS

Year 11 Rugby (continued) Rugby 7s

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Year 7 took two teams to play Giggleswick

School during a lovely spring day! Overall the

Year 7 team produced some good rugby 7s

throughout the game understanding the concept of

flow and non-contact. The game had three halves

so more students could play.

The first team did exceptionally well with great

tries from Omari Kaup-Samuels smashing

through the Giggleswick School defence with a

great line and also Kyle Handy running down the

wing to cut in and score under the posts. Good

game management control from Euan Lambert

enabled the team to keep a first half lead, two

tries to one. Great try saving tackling from Tom

Dean and James Bradley put the team full of con-

fidence for the next half.

The second half made sure all the students went

on as a new team was selected. Unfortunately,

handling errors and bad decision making made

Giggleswick have the greater percentage of pos-

session and they were able to capitalise from this

and scored two tries.

The final third started with Settle College current-

ly losing three tries to two. Both teams put the

best team on to make sure they could win. Dead-

lock occurred as they equalled themselves out.

However, with good vision from Jordon McKen-

na who passed it to Freddie Howarth, a great scor-

ing opportunity came. Freddie Howarth ran the

full pitch missing four tackles making the game a

draw on the final whistle.

Team: Cameron Spritzer, Euan Lambert, Brandon

Spitzer, Omari Kaup-Samuels, Ben Bilsborough,

Kyle Handy, Dan Bullock, Paddy Capstick, Tom

Dean, Ted Wilson, James Bradley, Robert John-

son, Jordan McKenna, Jack Pinder, Sam Borwn,

Freddie Howarth, Jack Chamberlain, Jack Gar-

nett, Ben Bradley.

The same situation was against the Year 9

team as they also faced some of the best

rugby schools in the country. However, they

produced some excellent rugby against for-

midable schools as William Simpson and

Joel Wynne ran rings around defences. The

moment of the day goes to Tom Long as he

was able to catch up and tap tackle the fast-

est man in his age group nationally—well

done! Great performances from Tom

Maudsley and Jack Depledge helped Settle

College with respectable score lines.

Team: Ryan Hewitt, Tom Maudsley, Liam

Wallbank, William Simpson, Tom Long,

Jack Depledge ( C ), Joel Wynne, Bretton

Milner, Sebastian Best, Tom Panter and

Connor Stubbs.

Settle College 12—24 Lancaster GS

Settle College 0—30 Stonehurst School

Manchester

GS

20—12 Settle College

Settle College 14—17 Ermysteds

A five week programme of gymnastics and

cross country using Settle College as a base

has been offered to Austwick, Horton and

Clapham primary schools. The confedera-

tion approached Settle College SSCO Chris

White and asked for an opportunity to use

the college facilities. So, a half term unit of

work was developed to give years 3, 4, 5

and 6 an opportunity to use the college

gymnasium and field. The children have

learnt to vault and use the large apparatus

within a topic on flight. The feedback from

the children has been very positive. Many

thanks go to Mrs Mundell from Clapham

Primary for running the cross country activ-

ities and Miss White for coaching the gym-

nastics.

Year 7 Rugby Year 9 Rugby

Primary Links

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‘The advantage law in rugby is the best law be-

cause it lets you ignore all of the others for the

good of the game’.

Derek Robinson

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Energy Club

Settle College COPE students have continued

their work with eight of the local primary

schools and have given lots of primary stu-

dents the opportunity to get involved in sport.

The energy Clubs are held every Tuesday

morning and are run by Settle College COPE

students. The half an hour session is packed

full of games and skills designed to energise

and enthuse young children. The initiative has

been a huge success.

Giggleswick Gallop

Over 100 primary students took part in the

Giggleswick Gallop on the 7th March. The

event was held at Settle College and college

students marshalled and acted as race officials

for this popular race. Many thanks to all who

helped make the event so enjoyable despite

the bitter weather.

‘Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.’

Settle College Sixth Form students have been

proactive in helping Settle and Clapham pri-

mary schools prepare for the netball tourna-

ment later this month. Settle and Clapham

both qualified to represent North Craven at

the partnership final and have been getting

ready to compete with coaching sessions and

mini tournaments. Settle College Sixth Form

provided the opposition to ensure match read-

iness and were able to offer support and guid-

ance to the Year 6 players. Whatever advice

Settle students offered must have done some

good because Settle Primary won the whole

competition and Clapham Primary came

fourth. Settle Primary will go forward to rep-

resent the partnership at the youth games in

June. Settle College students also supported

the primary swimming gala by acting as tim-

ers, place judges and recorders.

Netball Preparation

Following the refurbishment of the College

changing rooms the Physical Education de-

partment is delighted to welcome the arrival

of a small fitness suite with high tech re-

sistance machines and two weights benches.

The new facility will be a valuable addition to

Sixth Form games lessons and for BTec

Sports Studies when students have to com-

plete a six week training programme. At the

moment the suite has two bikes, a cross train-

er and two weights benches but eventually the

plan is to have treadmills and other equip-

ment. The funding for the facility came from

various sources including a successful bid

from the sports partnership and a grant from

the Settle Educational Foundation.

New Fitness Suite

‘A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone

else is afraid of winning’

Billie Jean King

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On the 8th to the 10th March 18 students participated in the PGL Junior Tournament. Taking two

teams down to Boreatton Park in Shropshire the students competed in their tournament against

students from all over the country. All players were outstanding and demonstrated a very good

level of netball. Although we did not finish top of the tournament, both teams finished above half

way in the table which is a credit to the performances they put in.

A very special well done to the following students for winning “player of the tournament” and

“effort of the tournament awards”, voted by their team mates.

Year 10 team:

Player of the tournament: Georgia Holgate

Effort of the tournament: Hannah Newbold

Year 11 team:

Player of the tournament: Katie Long

Effort of the tournament: Georgia Stirk

It was a fantastic weekend away and all students should be proud of the netball that was played!!

Well done to you all!!

Miss A Vickery and Miss L Round

PE Teachers

Junior Netball Tour 2013

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North Yorkshire Youth Support Service

Activities for Young people in the North Craven Area

The Youth Support Service run youth clubs in Bentham, Ingleton, Settle and Hellifield. The clubs are all free and have a weekly programme of activities put together by the young people and staff which will include a mixture of art, cooking, sport and topic based discussions/activities. The clubs run weekly during term-time with trips and activities during the holidays for members, call into your local club and see what’s on offer, for further information please contact Rachel Rabjohns, Area Youth Worker on 07813 573664.

Bentham – Monday evenings 7-9pm for 11-19years at the Community Youth Centre, Main Street.

Ingleton – Thursday evenings 7-9pm for 11-19years at Mealbank Hall, Scout Building.

Settle - Monday evenings 6.30-8.30pm for 11-13 years, and Wednesday evenings 7-9pm for 14-19years. The cellar youth club in the Town Hall.

Settle multi-sports sessions – Fridays 4-6pm, venue to be confirmed. This half term we have been able to offer a group of girls a 6 week gym session at Settle gym, this is now being opened up to include boys too, after Easter we aim to have a regular sports session on a Friday 4-6pm.

Hellifield – Friday evenings 6.15-8.45pm, The Wesley Centre Methodist Church, Haw Grove.

Just Girls - Girls Group at Settle College After Easter we will be running a 6 week girls group course at Settle College, Mondays 3.30-5pm in the sixth Form.

This is a small group which will look at issues affecting girls, topics can include sexual health, alcohol and drugs, self-defence, body image, self-esteem, pamper session and healthy relationships to name a few, we will agree the course content with the group at the start to make it relevant to you. Most importantly it is a place to meet, relax, have a natter, drinks and nibbles provided.

KickstART Youth Festivals 2013

During the Easter Holidays we will be running two events for young people aged 11-19yrs, or up to 25 with SEND in the Craven area. Wednesday 3rd April at Sandylands sport’s centre, Skipton and Wednesday 10th April at Settle College, lower school site, both events run 1-6pm.

KickstART are free art, music, and sport festivals which include DJing, Street dance, and 5-a-side football competi-

tions – enter a team! Digital photography and a skate park. Graffiti art is also available at Settle Kickstart.

The mobile skate park will be in Settle College lower school tennis courts from Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th April.

The KickstART events are run in conjunction with Skipton Extended Learning For All, North Yorkshire Fire and Police ser-vices. For more information call us on 08450 349572, or find us on Facebook, under Craven Area YSS.

North Yorkshire YOUTH SUPPORT SERVICE working in partnership to support young people

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